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MMA Rankings - Top 25 by Weight Class (May 2025)

MMA Top 25 by weight class through fights of April 30, 2025

Heavyweight - over 205 lbs.

Apr
Rank
May
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org April results;
•May schedule
1 1  Francis Ngannou HW 69.58  12-2-0 PFL
2 2  Jon Jones HW 59.83  22-1-0 UFC  
3 3  Vadim Nemkov HW 57.21  13-2-0 PFL  
4 4  Tom Aspinall HW 36.78  8-1-0 UFC  
5 5  Philip De Fries HW 33.18  17-6-0 KSW  
6 6  Ciryl Gane HW 30.65  11-2-0 UFC  
7 7  Evgeniy Goncharov HW 28.61  12-1-0 ACA  
8 8  Denis Goltsov HW 24.58  25-8-0 PFL  
9 9  Oumar Kane HW 24.53  2-0-0 One  
11 10  Jailton Almeida HW 19.94  11-1-0 UFC  
10 11  Ryan Bader HW 19.69  24-8-0 PFL  --last rated win -26 months.
12 12  Anatoly Malykhin HW 19.18  8-1-0 One  --last rated win -13 months.
13 13  Alexander Volkov HW 19.17  26-10-0 UFC  
14 14  Curtis Blaydes HW 18.91  14-5-0 UFC  --last rated win -13 months.
15 15  Renan Ferreira HW 18.51  8-3-0 PFL  --last rated win -14 months.
16 16  Marcin Tybura HW 18.39  20-9-0 UFC  
17 17  Sergei Pavlovich HW 18.01  13-3-0 UFC  
18 18  Kirill Kornilov HW 15.73  11-2-1 ACA •5/10 vs. #42 Adam Bogatyrev
20 19  Oleg Popov HW 15.26  7-1-0 PFL •5/01 vs. #48 Karl Williams
21 20  Shamil Gaziev HW 14.68  6-1-0 UFC  
22 21  Arkadiusz Wrzosek HW 14.24  3-0-0 KSW  
23 22  Przemyslaw Kowalczyk HW 14.13  1-0-0 Rizi  
24 23  Waldo Cortes-Acosta HW 13.96  8-1-0 UFC  
25 24  Will Fleury HW 13.77  8-2-0 Okta  
19 25  Stipe Miocic HW 13.73  15-5-0 UFC  --last rated win -56 months.

 

Light Heavyweight - 205 lb. limit

Apr
Rank
May
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org April results;
•May schedule
1 1  Magomed Ankalaev LH 59.15  14-1-1 UFC
2 2  Alex Pereira LH 46.22  9-2-0 UFC  
3 3  Carlos Ulberg LH 28.89  9-1-0 UFC  
4 4  Corey Anderson LH 27.80  13-5-0 Bell  --last rated win -13 months.
5 5  Muslim Magomedov LH 25.52  12-0-0 ACA  
6 6  Jiri Prochazka LH 23.34  16-3-1 UFC  
7 7  Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov LH 22.81  12-2-0 PFL  
8 8  Azamat Murzakanov LH 18.19  7-0-0 UFC  
9 9  Jan Blachowicz LH 17.02  22-9-1 UFC  --last rated win -28 months.
10 10  Ibragim Chuzhigaev LH 16.59  12-1-0 AMC  --last rated win -20 months.
11 11  Rafal Haratyk LH 16.43  12-2-0 KSW  
13 12  Sulim Batalov LH 15.95  3-0-0 ACA  
12 13  Glover Teixeira LH 15.80  24-8-0 UFC  --last rated win -42 months.
14 14  Rob Wilkinson LH 14.30  7-1-0 PFL •5/01 vs. #27 Phil Davis
15 15  Adam Vigil LH 13.98  2-0-0 LFA  
16 16  Luke Trainer LH 13.90  4-1-0 Bell  
32 17  Dominick Reyes LH 13.90  10-4-0 UFC  Beat #20 Nikita Krylov
17 18  Sergiusz Zajac LH 13.76  2-0-0 KSW  
18 19  Rasul Magomedov LH 13.48  1-0-0 Brav  
21 20  Artem Vakhitov LH 13.33  1-0-0 Dana  
19 21  Philipe Lins LH 13.32  10-5-0 UFC  --last rated win -13 months.
22 22  Brendson Ribeiro LH 13.09  2-0-0 UFC  
28 23  Mingyang Zhang LH 13.02  4-0-0 UFC  Beat #50 Anthony Smith
23 24  Navajo Stirling LH 12.82  2-0-0 UFC •5/10 vs. #81 Ivan Erslan
26 25  Oumar Sy LH 12.74  3-0-0 UFC  

 

Middleweight - 185 lb. limit

Apr
Rank
May
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org April results;
•May schedule
1 1  Dricus Du Plessis MW 67.01  15-1-0 UFC
2 2  Khamzat Chimaev MW 51.08  11-0-0 UFC  
3 3  Johnny Eblen MW 50.69  12-0-0 PFL  
4 4  Nassourdine Imavov MW 39.26  10-2-0 UFC  
5 5  Magomedrasul Gasanov MW 30.90  9-0-0 ACA  
6 6  Anthony Hernandez MW 28.84  10-2-0 UFC  
7 7  Caio Borralho MW 28.04  9-0-0 UFC  
8 8  Sean Strickland MW 24.98  23-7-0 UFC  
9 9  Mamed Khalidov MW 22.20  27-5-2 KSW  
10 10  Kamaru Usman MW 21.03  15-3-0 UFC  --last rated win -41 months.
11 11  Robert Whittaker MW 20.82  18-8-0 UFC  
12 12  Michael Page MW 20.54  17-3-0 UFC  
13 13  Pawel Pawlak MW 20.22  11-3-1 KSW  
14 14  Israel Adesanya MW 19.30  13-5-0 UFC  --last rated win -24 months.
16 15  Jared Cannonier MW 18.33  11-8-0 UFC  
18 16  Roman Dolidze MW 18.32  9-3-0 UFC  
15 17  Jack Hermansson MW 18.19  19-8-0 UFC  --last rated win -14 months.
17 18  Gegard Mousasi MW 17.91  40-9-2 Bell  --last rated win -38 months.
19 19  Derek Brunson MW 17.90  19-9-0 PFL  --last rated win -17 months.
20 20  Artem Frolov MW 17.25  16-6-0 ACA  
25 21  Fabian Edwards MW 16.74  7-4-0 PFL  Beat #51 Impa Kasanganay
21 22  Azamat Bekoev MW 15.77  5-1-0 UFC •5/03 vs. #37 Ryan Loder
22 23  Piotr Kuberski MW 15.75  7-0-0 KSW  
45 24  Abusupiyan Magomedov MW 15.45  11-6-1 UFC  Beat #24 Michel Pereira
52 25  Dalton Rosta MW 15.21  4-1-0 PFL  Beat #23 Sadibou Sy

 

Welterweight - 170 lb. limit

Apr
Rank
May
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org April results;
•May schedule
1 1  Belal Muhammad WW 78.78  19-3-0 UFC
•5/10 vs. #10 Jack Della Maddalena
[to retain WW title]
2 2  Sean Brady WW 48.43  12-1-0 UFC  
3 3  Leon Edwards WW 42.75  17-4-0 UFC  --last rated win -16 months.
4 4  Shavkat Rakhmonov WW 41.06  12-0-0 UFC  
6 5  Abubakar Vagaev WW 29.45  17-4-0 ACA  
7 6  Ramazan Kuramagomedov WW 29.41  8-0-0 Bell  
5 7  Magomed Magomedkerimov WW 29.28  19-4-0 PFL  --last rated win -17 months.
8 8  Shamil Musaev WW 28.92  7-0-1 PFL  
10 9  Jason Jackson WW 27.77  15-3-0 Prof  Beat #17 Andrey Koreshkov
9 10  Jack Della Maddalena WW 26.69  6-0-0 UFC  --last rated win -13 months;
•5/10 vs. #1 Belal Muhammad
 [for WW title]
14 11  Ian Garry WW 26.68  10-1-0 UFC  Beat #16 Carlos Prates
11 12  Boris Medvedev WW 23.49  13-1-0 RCC  
12 13  Joaquin Buckley WW 23.38  16-6-0 UFC  
13 14  Michael Morales WW 22.87  5-0-0 UFC •5/17 vs. #78 Gilbert Burns
15 15  Rinat Fakhretdinov WW 21.96  7-0-1 UFC  
18 16  Magomed Umalatov WW 20.57  7-1-0 PFL  
19 17  Lorenz Larkin WW 20.46  18-8-0 Bell  
24 18  Adrian Bartosinski WW 20.21  9-1-0 KSW  Beat #54 Andrzej Grzebyk
20 19  Abdoul Abdouraguimov WW 20.18  12-1-0 PFL  
22 20  Yaroslav Amosov WW 19.48  10-1-0 CFFC  
21 21  Albert Tumenov WW 19.27  15-5-0 ACA  --last rated win -16 months.
23 22  Bryan Battle WW 18.79  6-1-0 UFC  
26 23  Oban Elliott WW 17.24  5-0-0 UFC •5/31 vs. #182 Ramiz Brahimaj
25 24  Chersi Dudaev WW 17.21  8-2-0 ACA  --last rated win -13 months.
28 25  Gabriel Bonfim WW 16.37  5-2-0 UFC  

 

Lightweight - 155 lb. limit

Apr
Rank
May
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org April results;
•May schedule
1 1  Islam Makhachev LW 87.74  17-1-0 UFC
2 2  Arman Tsarukyan LW 49.63  15-2-0 UFC  --last rated win -12 months.
3 3  Usman Nurmagomedov LW 39.46  10-0-0 PFL  
4 4  Charles Oliveira LW 38.06  26-10-0 UFC  
6 5  Olivier Aubin-Mercier LW 34.07  16-4-0 PFL  --last rated win -17 months.
7 6  Eduard Vartanyan LW 32.29  17-3-0 Nash  
5 7  Khabib Nurmagomedov LW 32.02  15-0-0 UFC  --last rated win -54 months.
8 8  A.J. McKee LW 29.21  16-2-0 PFL  --last rated win -14 months.
9 9  Justin Gaethje LW 28.35  20-5-0 UFC  
12 10  Gadzhi Rabadanov LW 27.55  11-1-0 PFL  Beat #72 Marc Diakiese
11 11  Ali Bagov LW 26.12  18-8-0 ACA  
10 12  Christian Lee LW 25.92  11-3-0 One  --last rated win -29 months.
13 13  Grant Dawson LW 25.61  16-2-1 UFC  
14 14  Paul Hughes LW 25.42  8-2-0 PFL •5/10 vs. #134 Bruno Miranda
15 15  Roberto Satoshi de Souza LW 24.75  15-3-0 Rizi •5/31 vs. #144 Won Bin Ki
16 16  Dan Hooker LW 24.62  14-8-0 UFC  
17 17  Shinya Aoki LW 23.82  39-11-0 One  
18 18  Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov LW 23.40  11-1-0 ACA  
19 19  Dustin Poirier LW 22.12  25-9-0 UFC  --last rated win -13 months.
20 20  Natan Schulte LW 21.05  15-3-1 PFL  --last rated win -22 months.
21 21  John Lineker LW 20.89  16-5-0 One  --last rated win -19 months.
22 22  Salahdine Parnasse LW 20.52  12-2-0 KSW •5/10 vs. #169 Marian Ziolkowski
23 23  Losene Keita LW 20.42  8-1-0 Okta  
24 24  Si Won Park LW 19.95  4-0-0 Road  
25 25  Alibeg Rasulov LW 19.71  2-0-0 One  

 

Featherweight - 145 lb. limit

Apr
Rank
May
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org April results;
•May schedule
1 1  Ilia Topuria FW 49.35  11-0-0 UFC
2 2  Movsar Evloev FW 45.10  14-0-0 UFC  
3 3  Kleber Koike Erbst FW 34.36  23-4-0 Rizi •5/04 vs. #21 Rajabali Shaidullaev
4 4  Aljamain Sterling FW 30.17  18-5-0 UFC  --last rated win -12 months.
5 5  Max Holloway FW 29.57  24-8-0 UFC  --last rated win -12 months.
6 6  Movlid Khaybulaev FW 29.27  11-0-1 Prof  Beat #163 Jeremy Kennedy
8 7  Akbar Abdullaev FW 28.21  5-0-0 One  
12 8  Jesus Pinedo FW 28.13  6-1-0 Prof  Beat #43 Adam Borics
9 9  Islam Omarov FW 28.03  9-0-0 ACA  
14 10  Lerone Murphy FW 27.53  8-0-1 UFC  Beat #24 Josh Emmett
10 11  Karshyga Dautbek FW 27.30  7-0-0 Rizi  
16 12  Alexander Volkanovski FW 26.26  18-3-0 UFC  Beat #18 Diego Lopes
11 13  Timur Khizriev FW 26.09  8-0-0 PFL  
13 14  Hyder Amil FW 25.35  5-0-0 UFC  
15 15  Kezibayi Naertai FW 24.05  7-0-0 JCK  
94 16  Yair Rodriguez FW 23.01  9-4-0 UFC  Beat #7 Patricio Freire
17 17  Kai Tang FW 20.22  5-1-0 One  --last rated win -13 months.
7 18  Patricio Freire FW 20.15  23-8-0 UFC  Lost to #94 Yair Rodriguez
19 19  Chihiro Suzuki FW 19.56  10-3-0 Rizi  --last rated win -12 months;
•5/04 vs. #142 Mikuru Asakura
20 20  George Mangos FW 19.18  4-0-0 HFS  
21 21  Rajabali Shaidullaev FW 19.14  4-0-0 Rizi •5/04 vs. #3 Kleber Koike Erbst
22 22  Jose Mariscal FW 19.13  9-4-0 UFC  
23 23  Kangjie Zhu FW 19.07  8-2-0 UFC  
25 24  Arnold Allen FW 18.70  10-2-0 UFC  
26 25  Rakhim Midaev FW 18.37  7-1-0 RCC  

 

Bantamweight - 135 lb. limit

Apr
Rank
May
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org April results;
•May schedule
1 1  Merab Dvalishvili BW 55.29  13-2-0 UFC
2 2  Patrick Mix BW 49.45  13-1-0 Bell  
3 3  Sean O'Malley BW 34.74  11-2-0 UFC  --last rated win -13 months.
4 4  Fabricio Andrade BW 33.39  7-0-0 One  
5 5  Naoki Inoue BW 26.38  16-4-0 Rizi  
6 6  Petr Yan BW 25.33  12-4-0 UFC  
7 7  Mario Bautista BW 24.28  9-1-0 UFC  
8 8  Sergio Pettis BW 22.41  16-7-0 Rizi  --last rated win -22 months.
9 9  Raufeon Stots BW 21.69  15-2-0 PFL  
10 10  Mehdi Baydulaev BW 20.79  4-0-0 ACA  
11 11  LiLe Du BW 20.45  10-6-0 JCK  
12 12  Umar Nurmagomedov BW 20.40  8-1-0 UFC  
13 13  Ryuya Fukuda BW 20.09  15-6-1 Deep •5/05 vs. #165 Juntaro Ushiku
14 14  Shoji Saito BW 19.55  5-0-1 Shoo  
15 15  Su Young You BW 19.34  7-2-0 UFC  
16 16  Josiel Silva BW 18.79  10-6-0 ACA  
17 17  Vinicius Oliveira BW 18.69  5-1-0 UFC  
18 18  Felipe Lima BW 18.69  3-0-0 UFC  
19 19  Khurshed Kakhorov BW 18.06  3-0-0 PFL  --last rated win -16 months.
21 20  Shaoxiang Wang BW 17.87  7-1-0 JCK  
20 21  Cory Sandhagen BW 17.75  11-5-0 UFC  --last rated win -20 months;
•5/03 vs. #23 Deiveson Figueiredo
22 22  Yadong Song BW 17.33  10-3-1 UFC  
23 23  Deiveson Figueiredo BW 17.27  14-4-1 UFC •5/03 vs. #21 Cory Sandhagen
24 24  Asaf Chopurov BW 16.97  3-0-0 UAE  
25 25  Rob Font BW 16.95  14-7-0 UFC  

 

Flyweight - 125 lb. limit

Apr
Rank
May
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org April results;
•May schedule
1 1  Alexandre Pantoja FL 46.30  14-3-0 UFC
2 2  Kyoji Horiguchi FL 39.89  32-5-0 Rizi  
3 3  Demetrious Johnson FL 31.13  23-4-1 One  --last rated win -23 months.
4 4  Joshua Pacio FL 29.59  8-2-0 One  
5 5  Brandon Royval FL 27.94  10-4-0 UFC  
7 6  Joshua Van FL 22.26  8-1-0 UFC  
8 7  Dias Erengaipov FL 22.12  3-0-0 Brav  
6 8  Kai Asakura FL 22.08  16-5-0 UFC  --last rated win -16 months.
9 9  Brandon Moreno FL 21.37  13-5-2 UFC  
10 10  Kairat Akhmetov FL 20.84  9-2-0 One  --last rated win -23 months.
11 11  Reece McLaren FL 20.80  10-6-0 One  
12 12  Hiromasa Ougikubo FL 19.99  23-8-1 Rizi  
13 13  Anatoliy Kondratyev FL 19.90  4-0-0 ACA  
14 14  Muhammad Mokaev FL 19.14  6-0-0 Brav  
15 15  Oscar Miguel FL 18.56  4-0-0 FFC  
16 16  Kurban Gadzhiev FL 17.73  6-3-0 ACA  
17 17  Manel Kape FL 17.58  11-6-0 UFC  
18 18  Keito Yamakita FL 17.38  9-1-0 One  
19 19  Ramazonbek Temirov FL 17.20  4-0-0 UFC  
20 20  Andre Lima FL 17.18  3-0-0 UFC  
21 21  Dong Hun Choi FL 17.08  4-0-0 UFC  
22 22  Seiichiro Ito FL 17.03  15-4-2 Panc  
23 23  Tatsuro Taira FL 16.98  9-1-0 UFC  
24 24  Mansur Malachiev FL 16.96  3-1-0 One  
25 25  Iago Ribeiro FL 16.67  2-0-0 UAE  

 

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